Match-safe



(No Model) 2 Sheets-Sheet 1. H. E. WHITNEY. MATCH SAFE.

No. 544,018. Patented Aug. 6,1895.

(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 2.

H. E. WHITNEY. MATCH SAFE.

No. 544,018. Patented Aug. 6, 1895.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HORACE E. WHITNEY, OF CAMBRIDGE, ASSIGNOR TO THE DOVER STAMPING COMPANY, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

MATCH-SAFE.

SIPEGIFIGATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 544,018, dated August 6, 1895.

Application filed February 28, 1895. Serial No. 539,980- iNo model.)

.To ml? whom, it may concern: cross-section and partly in plan, of the safe l 3e 1t known that I, HORACE E. WHITNEY, represented in Fig. 11. Figs. 14 and illusa citizen of the United States, residing at Gamtrate the ends .of the burned matches holder, bridge, in the county of Middlesex and State Figs. 11, 12, and 13, which is not removable, 5 5 of Massachusetts, have invented a new and as in the case of Figs. 9 and 10. Fig. 16 is a useful Improvementin Match-Safes, of which horizontal section of that part of the device the following is a full, clear, and exact deshown in Fig. 15.

scription, reference being had to the accom- My invention is illustrated as carried into pallylng drawings, forming a part of this efifect in the following way: IO speclfication, in explaining its nature. A blank A of sheet metal, preferably tin,

The invention relates primarily to a matchis formed of the shape represented in Fig. 1, safe having in suitable conjunction a pocket and this is adaptedtto provide, when fashfor matches and also a holder for the burned ioned as hereinafter described, a back a to ends. the entire device and also a back to the ['5 It also relates to a match-safe, made of tin match-pocket B. It also provides a bottom I) or other suitable metal having these recepto the match-pocket and acase c, which either tacles in juxtaposition and carried by a comforms the holder for the burned matches or mon support. acts to receive a separate receptacle, and to ac- It also relates to the construction of a matchcom plish these results the blank A has formed 2o safe whereby the receptacle for burned in it'the holes 0' near the bottom of that part matches is conveniently and cheaply arranged which forms the back of the pocket B, and at in relation to the pocket for good matches. one end the ears 0 and the section of the It also relates to a feature of construction blank between these holes and the ears is whereby the parts constituting the safe are curved outwardly from the back, as reprei 25 joined or united together without the use of sented in Fig. 9,and the ears extended through solder, so that they cannot be detached by the holes 0 and turned upon the back surthe heat caused by burning matches, faces thereof, and there is thus provided the The invention relates to other features of back and bottom of the match-pocket B and construction, which will hereinafter be more a space or holder for burned matches or for a 89 30 fully described. detachable receptacle O, in which they may In the drawings, Figure 1 is a view in plan be placed. In either event there is formedin of one of the blanks from which the matchthe blank awide recess or slot 0 which, when safe is made. Fig. 2 is a View in plan of the the blankis fashioned, is upon the upper side other blank used in its construction. Fig. 3 of the curved section at the front end of the 5 is a View of the blank of Fig. 1 partially comsection b, which forms the bottom of the pleted. Fig. 4 is a section of the partiallymatch-pocket.v (See Fig. 9.) When a detachcompleted safe upon the dotted line 4 Act able receptacle for burned matches is used,l Fig. 3. Fig. 5 represents the blank of Fig. 2 prefer toemploy oneof ashape to fit the cavity partly formed. Fig. 6 is a section upon the within said curved sectionthat is, a recep- 9o 40 dotted line 6 6 of Fig. 5. Fig. 7 is a view in tacle of cylindrical shape-and such a recepelevation of a removable burned matches or tacle detached from its support is represented waste receptacle. Fig. 8 is a view in crossin Fig. 7. It comprisesa circular shell 0 havsection thereof. Fig. 9 isa view, enlarged, of ing closed ends 0 and a long recess or openthe complete invention upon the dotted line ing 0 in its side, corresponding in shape to 5 9 9 of Fig. 10; and Fig. 10 is a View in front the recess a of the case. It is preferably of elevation of the complete device. Fig. 11 is the same length as the cavity which holds it aview in front elevation of a complete matchand fits it closely, and it is adapted to be resafe having the features of my invention, moved therefrom by. being moved endwise showing two pockets for good matches instead through it to afford means for emptying the too 50 of one, as in Fig. 10. Fig. 12 is a View in rear matches from it, and when inv use its recess elevation thereof. Fig. 13 is a view, partly in c is ordinarily in line with the recess 0 This receptacle, however, is useful not only for holding the burned matches but also for safely holding unburned matches in traveling or at other times, as they may be placed in the receptacle C and the receptacle then turned sufiiciently to close the recess 0 when they will of course be closely confined. (See Fig. 9.) When a removable receptacleis not used, the cavity itself may receive and hold the burned matches, and when so employed its ends are closed by suitable end pieces, one or both of which may serve as gates or doors, by means of which it may be emptied of its contents when necessary, and in Fig. 15 I have shown one of the ends as hinged at its inner end to the back section. One or both ends may be so closed, or one end may have a permanent piece attached to it to close it and the other end may be removable or open, as above specified.

The pocket for the good matches may be in one or two parts. I have represented both forms in the drawings, and in either case the pocket is formed from a fiat blank E, the ends of which are united to the back of the case by ears e formed thereon, which extend through holes c formed in the back, and which ears are bent up on the back. This flat blank is curved or bent to form ends, and its lower edge rests upon or is close to the section b of the case which forms its bottom.

The caseback may have a hole a, by which it may be suspended from a nail or other support, and it may also have a foot (1 provided by an integral part of the frame formed or bent downward to provide a rest back of the center of the safe, (see Fig. 9,) by means of which it will stand securely without other support. The foot should not be as wide as the back of the frame, as otherwise the burned matches in the holder would be likely to fall out.

While I prefer to make the receptacle for the burned matches or the holder therefor and the bottom of the match'pocket and its back of one piece or plate or blank, because it has certain advantages in point of ease of construction, yet I would not be understood as limiting myself to this particular way of providing the desired result.

It will be seen that the invention comprises a pocket for unburned matches upon the upper side of a holder for burned matches, having a recess or opening through which the burned ends may be dropped into the holder, and that the two are combined to make an integral device.

There may be arranged in the blank, of which the case is largely made before it is bent into shape, a roughened section d, which in the complete article maybe upon the lower front of the part which embraces the burned ,and an attached cylindrical holder having a long opening in its upper part and a cylindrical receptacle contained in said holder and having a long slot or recess on one side thereof, and adapted to be turned in said holder.

3. A match safe having a pocket for matches and a holder for burned matches or for a receptacle for holding them, made from two pieces of sheet metal, one of which provides a back to the safe and forms the holder for the burned matches, or their receptacle, by being fashioned or turned upon itself so that its lower edge is united to its back, and thereby forming a bottom for a pocket for holding good matches, which pocket is completed by the attachment to the said formed blank of the second plate or blank which forms the sides and front of the said pocket, the said parts being united to each other by cars extending through slots or recesses in the part forming the back, which ears are bent upon the back, as and for the purposes described.

4. As an improved article of manufacture, a match safe made from two metal blanks A and E; the blank A having the small slots 6' and c, thelarge slot 0 the tongues c and the roughened surface d; the blank E being oblong in shape and having the tongues e, as and for the purposes described.

5. A match safe having a pocket for unburned matches and a receptacle for burned matches, having the foot 0. made by turning down a portion of the back of the safe, sub stantially as described. 1

HORACE E. \VIIl'lNEY.

In presence of- F. F. RAYMOND, 20, J. M. DOLAN. 

